Application of Dynamic Programming in Planning Costs of Telecommunication Security Operations to Provide Aid to Civilian Authorities

  • Milan Mihajlović Military Academy, Belgrade
  • Samed Karovic  University EDUCONS in Sremska Kamenica, Project Management College, Serbia.
  • Slobodan Ristić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Serbia
  • Goran Radovanović Defense Inspectorate, Ministry of defence, Serbia

Abstract

The problem in planning costs of an operation, i.e., the problem of determining an optimal capacity of units used in time is a highly complex problem whose solution can be obtained in different ways, depending on what is taken as an optimality criterion and the types of limiting factors that are present during an operation’s realization. The main goal of this paper is to show the practical application of dynamic programming with the aim of improving planning and organizing forces and costs during the realization of the Serbian army’s third mission. Data on the use of Serbian Military’s units after the earthquake in the area of Kraljevo in 2010 were analysed. The paper covers the use of dynamic programming, namely, the complex optimization problem of using military units, which depends on a large number of variables and can be extremely difficult to solve, is disassembled into several smaller partial problems that depend on one variable and are simpler to solve. The model of using the military is based on mission usage and represented as one of possible scenarios of natural disasters that engulfed a part of the Serbian territory.

Author Biographies

Milan Mihajlović, Military Academy, Belgrade

Milan Mihajlović, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade. He obtained his M.A. degree at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Management and Business at the Military Academy in Belgrade. His research areas include: Economics and Operational Research. He has published around 15 papers in scientific journals and 15 conference papers.

Samed Karovic , University EDUCONS in Sremska Kamenica, Project Management College, Serbia.

Samed M. Karovic, Ph.D., obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees (Military Management) from the Military Academy, University of Defence in Belgrade, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Universuty EDUCONS in Sremska Kamenica, Project Management College, Serbia. He has published more than 50 research papers at national and international conferences and in national and international journals. His research activity and interest are focused on Military management, Risk management and Methodology of scientific research.

Slobodan Ristić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Serbia

Slobodan Ristić, Ph.D., earned his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Belgrade. He was employed as college professor with the Railway transportation College, Belgrade. In the 2006 – 2011 period he was engaged as a Director General in the FZV “Zelvoz” Company, Smederevo. Currently he works with the Faculty of Organisational Sciences, Belgrade as a student practical training assistant. He is an author or coauthor of a number of both academic and research papers in the area of management and organisation

Goran Radovanović, Defense Inspectorate, Ministry of defence, Serbia

Goran Radovanović, Ph.D., earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees (Military Management) from the Military Academy, University of Defence in Belgrade, in 2007 and 2016, respectively. Currently, he is the Director of the Defense Inspectorate Ministry of Defense, the Republic of Serbia. He has published more than 20 research papers at national, international conferences and in national and international Journals. His research activity and interest are focused on Military management, Military developments, and Methodology of inspections in different fields.

Published
2017-04-22
How to Cite
Mihajlović, M., Karovic , S., Ristić, S., & Radovanović, G. (2017). Application of Dynamic Programming in Planning Costs of Telecommunication Security Operations to Provide Aid to Civilian Authorities. Management:Journal Of Sustainable Business And Management Solutions In Emerging Economies, 21(81), 67-76. doi:10.7595/management.fon.2016.0029
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